Sighetu Marmatiei Border Police Territorial Inspectorate is the regional structure, subordinated to the General Inspectorate of Border Police, with competence in the area of 30 km. from the Romanian state border to the interior within the radius of Satu Mare, Maramures and Suceava counties, having to ensure:
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border surveillance and border crossing check at the border with the Republic of Hungary within a length of 97.2 km.;
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border surveillance and border crossing check at the border with the Republic of Ukraine within a length of 649.4 km.;
Regarding In the area of competence, the Romanian Border Police has the following general duties:
- Participate, together with other formations of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Defense, civil protection units and other authorities provided by the law, to the activities of rescue and evacuation of persons and property endangered by fires, explosions, damages, accidents, natural calamities and catastrophes, as well as limiting and removing the consequences of such events;
- Participate with territorial authorities for environmental protection and border authorities of neighboring states, as appropriate, to take the necessary measures to prevent environmental risks and the damage, and, in case of accidents affecting environmental factors, eliminate their effects;
These powers represents strenghts in achieving the GeoSES project’s objectives and, consequently, the collaboration with this stakeholder is particularly valuable.
